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I seem to recall that HGV's on the roads had a maximum of 20mph too, up until after WW2, can't recall the year, but my father drove some heavy timber lorries twixt Leicestershire and the Scottish borders at the time and took forever...... Me sat on the running board? May 1949. I recall him stopping outside the School once to pick me up in this, bit more impressive than a current day SUV.

First on the Central Wales Line - Possibly LMS, rather than LNWR... ...... and then just outside Liskeard on the Looe Branch (From photo taken 50+ years ago by me)

Stephen's has expressed a certain viewpoint on this, I was tempted towards another, but being a Gentleman, I couldn't possibly say it 😇

I'm trying to track down a UK supplier/stockist of Archers Resin Rivet sheets. I've bought these many years ago, but can't locate where from now. I'm mainly after sheet AR88093, which is the 'S' scale starter sheet. I use these for the obvious reason to add detailing, such as rivets around smokebox surrounds etc., All those listed on auction sites seem to be from the USA, high postage, long delivery. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Wanted Archer Rivets - S-Scale starter Pack AR88093. A pointer to a UK supplier who has them in stock would be helpful. Thankyou.

Completely agree with you, ever since they brought the manufacture of the paints back to the UK, they've been ****(not very good)

When I were a lad? I was articled to an Architects office and it seemed to me the first year plus was spent copying out / writing the Roman alphabet. If nothing else I learnt about the proportions of letters, spaces (air) between them etc., In an architectural sense, things like fenestration (proportions of say openings in a wall to the material around them), I had to learn too, so a lot of buildings annoy me these days when they look out of order. Finally, before they actually started to pay me, I was encouraged to do water coloured presentations for new builds etc., and there I became aware of perceived proportions, as opposed to actual (scaled down) proportions. But that was 60 years ago, I've drifted a bit since then 🤔

So that's where it went?

Unfortunately I no longer have that Horsebox, but if this view helps? Then something has been achieved The bit you might be able to see on the non-Grooms end is the rodding to help lift the top flap UPWARDS when the lower part is lowered - The upper part of the horsebox itself is hinged along the top, there's no side hung doors, once this is understood, simples???? From an engineering point of view in terms of weights etc., then fortunately I have not needed to 'open' the door(s) of a 1:1 scale Horsebox, if one still existed. What I didn't have on the roof of my model are the two hand grips at the Grooms end of the roof, clearly seen in 2 photo's (of the Grooms end of the Horsebox) at https://davidheyscollection.myshopblocks.com/pages/david-heys-steam-diesel-photo-collection-08-railway-centre-crewe I'm sure somebody will come along soon with a better answer. There is an article on the remains of one of these horseboxes described in Vol 1, No 10 of the Society's Journal. The Society's Webb site also shows a completed model of a Horsebox at http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/Modelling/4mmcarriages?display_base_mod_photo=4cmirmrhb01 with end steps at the Grooms end and handrails up to the two grab handles on the roof, my model didn't, probably because the NRM photo's don't show end steps and handrails either, though agreed there are hand grabs on the Grooms roof end. Tangled webbs come to mind.

Annoyingly, I've seen these oval plates on a some wagons, in the past, and I cannot find the photo's to check them out. I shall keep searching. The tare weight looks to be newly painted on and the far spring seems to partly outside the solebar. The operative seems to be confident nobody's going to open the bottom door(s).

When somebody offers to help me do something, I often say, and it's probably true, too, "As I don't know what I'm doing, how can I tell you what to do"... It usually works, they saunter off to annoy somebody else

That's cutting it a bit fine, just under 10 months

bourneagain, many thanks, Will do. In view of the costs from Penzance to Thornbury, and back, a £3 saving is neither here not there

... and if nots there, then... Well I've tried all sorts of combinations of the numbers underneath the actual address, to no avail. There's a 'x (space) xxxxx' number after my postcode, doesn't work with the B22 in front and using the last 4 xxxx's. And there's a ..../Cxxxxxxx number at the very bottom of the label and B22xxxx, that doesn't work either. I'm not worried about saving £3, more interested in entering 30 minutes earlier. Edit - Mention in post above is 'preceding' zero's, None of the 'complete' numbers on my label have preceding zero's.

At a meeting in Letchworth in the late 1980's, I handed over an Etched Glass Toilet Window in it's frame to the Society, together with some remains of the ceiling paintwork/plaster and various photo's, coach details and it's story of how it ended up in that field by the M50 - No I didn't keep copies. The coach had been bought by the farmer in the 1920's for a Shepard to live in. It was in a very sorry state by the mid 1980's.

For the Toilet Glass I used Magi-Tape* on the inside of my glass** with a bit of fine pencil marking to give a (rough) representation of the etchings. * I think it's called Magi-Tape, standard stuff available from most stationers. ** I have used Microscope slip glass for most of my windows, I think it's around 5 thou thick, but other materials are available - usual disclaimer etc., I used this because: 1. the reflection is flat, 2. it's thin enough there's no double reflection from the glass (front & back faces). I cut it with a diamond tipped marker I had from a Vets some 50+ years ago........

If I recall John, that drawer is very crowded, and it's a very BIG drawer too..

Bricks... Some 50 years ago I recall chatting to an old bloke (probably what my age is now ) and he said they had to lay a minimum of 800 bricks a day, and this was after he'd cycled 26 miles to the job (and 26 miles back home afterwards).

Further, presumably the ground signal is for a loco that has brought in a train, to be then able to push the coaches out ready for the run round, rather than the guard giving the green flag etc., Just a detail. BTW the reference to photo 'This one (might actually be the only one)' has a double page spread in Bob's book, pages 66 - 67. This photo (and the others from Leicester) can be enlarged a great deal, super....

And this is the collection that is the source for nearly all the photo's in that excellent book 'The Making of a Railway' (The Great Central Rly, Annesley Jnct to Marlybone) by L T C Rolt, first published in 1971 (when I bought my copy). I like books showing lines being built

Many thanks Stephen, much appreciated, now ordered. They may not look to the Nth degree correct for the application I have in mind, but as the vehicles are in a moving train going round the layout, I doubt any rivet counters will be able to pull me up on a mini detail of the springs if they don't look not right - which of course is not necessarily the same as wrong

I know this isn't the right place to ask this question, but those who will probably know are regulars on this Topic. Wizard Models 'LMSC005: LMS Wagon Leaf Springs with J Hangers (pack of 4)' which can be seen at https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/wagons/lmsc005/ What is the length of the spring? I'm looking for some that are 4' 6" long, that's the overall length of spring only. Yes, they are for a different (LNWR) project, and I could probably make some out of layers of Plastikard, but....... Any help greatly appreciated, other than "Raise the 'Q' somewhere else"

YES

Taking points 2 & 3, with the pivot point offset a bit towards the ends, then the wheels move slightly less from side to side, and thus a better illusion/representation of a radial action. I personally would go with the inside AG top hat bearings in the etched 'bogie' frames, but all these things in the end are down to personal choice. My Dreadnought can manage 6 - 7 radial coaches plus some lighter, free running, 'Ratio' 50' bogie stock added on, which was a lot longer train than my fiddle yard(s) could handle.

Thank you for this link, very interesting, and 'Station Trucks' and other useful information (for me) is dealt with from page 131 onwards. It's at the end of the third (lowest) of Adobe downloads available on the above link. There's a lot of 'Station Trucks'.